When I saw this idea, I about fell over. It’s such an easy idea, I can’t believe I hadn’t seen it before! This teacher used a strip of bulletin board border to cover the frame the window and cover part of the blinds! What a genius idea!
Students love giving things to their teachers… everything from pictures of themselves to drawings of their family vacation. But after a while, teachers often end up with huge collections of things and they’re not sure what to do with them. Here’s one teacher’s idea: a memory book! She uses page protectors and a regular 3 ring notebook.
Some years, she has had space for a bulletin board to display kids’ gifts before adding them to the book, but other years, she hasn’t had one so she just adds them to the book right away. She puts the memory books in her classroom library, where her kids love to look at things she’s saved from years past. What a great idea!
I was at a charter school recently and saw this really cool display of projects. Each student’s project was on one side of a box. Rope was strung through each box (with knots and washers to secure the box in a specific place on the rope) and handing on bars attached to the wall. This set up could be easily modified to accommodate a classroom or school lobby. I just thought this was an “out of the box” idea for displaying projects!
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I don’t really think I need to justify making these cute reading mini-posters, do I?
Click here to get the free mini-poster pictured above: Puppy Reading Poster 1
Click here to get the free mini-poster pictured above: Kitten Reading Poster
Click here to get the mini-poster pictured above: Puppy Reading Poster 2
Sometimes kids make poor choices at school. When that happens, it’s often helpful to have them call home. Here’s what one teacher posted near her phone to help kids know what to say when calling their parents.
I thought it was such a smart Idea that I made one for you! Print it as a full sheet (or smaller if you prefer), laminate it and post it near your phone. You might want to also keep next to your phone a log where you can record details about each phone call you make/receive.
Many teachers have to touch on the topic of recycling sometime throughout the year (most talk about it on Earth Day). A fellow teacher requested that I make some word strips of the 3 R’s of Recycling for her to use in their Earth Day discussion and then to put on their science bulletin board. I’d recommend laminating them if you’ll be using them multiple years. Here they are (formatted to fit on a regular letter-size sheet of paper):
It’s hard to keep kids motivates at the end of the year. Sometimes it’s good to have an activity that will give everyone a quick break. Here’s a bulletin board idea that will do just that. Click here to see my Back To school Bus and Just Keep Truckin’ posts (similar bulletin board ideas). First, have the students make their car (directions on the printable itself and also below).
Click here for the free printable PDF: Full Throttle Bulletin Board
Decorate your car according to these directions:
Once all the students finish, have each student present their car to the rest of the class. If your class is large, limit each student to 1 minute to share or allow students to only share their car with those near them. Then put each car up on a bulletin board and call it something clever (“Full Throttle to the Finish”, “Travelling Down the Road to Success”, or something…).
Students always like telling someone about themselves. Here’s a bulletin board idea that will do just that. Click here to see my Back To school Bus Bulletin Board (similar idea). First, have the students make their truck (directions on the printable itself and below).
Click here for the free printable PDF: Just Keep Truckin’ Bulletin Board
Decorate your truck according to these directions:
Once all the students finish, have each student present their truck to the rest of the class. If your class is large, limit each student to 1 minute to share or allow students to only share their truck with those near them. Then put each truck up on a bulletin board and call it something clever (“Just Keep Truckin’!”, “Travelling Down the Road to Success”, or something…).
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